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As part of the Singapore Maritime Week 2010, a one-day Learning Journey was organised by the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA). Participants which comprised employees of member companies of SSA visited the Port Operation Control Centre 2 (POCC2) and took a cruise to the maritime heritage gem, Raffles Lighthouse. The Raffles Lighthouse is located on Pulau Satumu, 23 km south-west of Singapore, at the western entrance of Singapore Straits.
Designed by John Bennet, it was named after and dedicated to the memory of the founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. The lighthouse first began operations from December 1855 and is out-of-bounds to the public. The doors of the Raffles Lighthouse were specially opened during the Singapore Maritime Week as part of MPA's efforts to heighten awareness about the Singapore maritime sector.
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